It would be nice if it is Ishii. He never got a title match after beating Okada during the G1 so with a New Japan Cup win to his name the Ishii / Okada match of our dreams will happen.
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It would be nice if it is Ishii. He never got a title match after beating Okada during the G1 so with a New Japan Cup win to his name the Ishii / Okada match of our dreams will happen.
excelsiorlef
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I still think Juice Robinson is a dark horse given the build towards a title feud with Naito has already begun... and they've been really hot on him....
Not predicting him but I think there's a chance.
Not predicting him but I think there's a chance.
BewareTheBatsie
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I wonder if AA will get a segment tonight.
HazySaiyan
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I do wonder how that will work with them being in the same stable? I kinda figured that's why he didn't get a rematch in the first place
Naw, to win the cup now you got to be on a certain level and juice isn't on that level yet , andthey need a big match to sell out sumo hall and juice vs Okada is not that match.
killing implies there's life in the first place
BewareTheBatsie
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what is going on over in that steak thread
TarpitCarnivore
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Juice is slowly climbing up in terms of crowd love, but I don't think he's main event level yet. I still don't find him overly exciting in the ring, but he is doing well with the guys he's been facing this year.
Guys giving themselves high fives.
Wait. Is GWF head booker Sephzilla an old white man?
Youthful white man, TYVM
also that gif gets me every time lol
They're in the preview so they should be safe from dark match hell.
I'm just hoping SD treats the tag division with more respect and actually builds a match for WM instead of making the title match the "we have nothing for you" option like they did with the women.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It makes me laugh when people delude themselves into thinking every star that doesn't get pushed can just go to Japan. Unless you are a Japanese person who speaks Japanese, just being a good worker doesn't guarantee you shit.
That's awesome for Woods. And Steph was one of the people I always wanted to see on the show.
sf2fanatic
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ShadowSwordmaster
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HashtagLapsed
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I hope Ishii wins the Cup. He could always go after the IC belt instead of HW.
My god the matches we would get.
My god the matches we would get.
It guarantees​ you hell of a lot more than WWE does. A good worker will find usually success in Japan if his head is I'm the right place.
excelsiorlef
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Not Okada... Naito... the winner gets to pick the title he goes for...and Juice has been repeatedly attacked by Naito leading into the Cup tourney and said at the press conference that if he won he was explicitly going for Naito because he feels Naito disrespects the IWGP IC title and thus the boys in the locker room.
Again he's my dark horse because the story is there but I won't say I think he's going to.
God bless bored people.
sf2fanatic
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Damn Silly
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I have no idea, but I'm enjoying it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Except that's not actually true. You can't just "go to Japan." You have to get hired by NJPW, which doesn't just hire everyone, and they certainly don't pay anywhere near what WWE pays. Jinder Mahal can't just pack up and head for NJPW.
Doesn't NJPW pay noticeably less than WWE?
Jinder is a bad wreslter and has no value what so ever so of NJPW wouldn't want him but a guy like Sami or Cesaro they would be pick up in a heartbeat
Their top guys get similar salaries to top guys in WWE if you factor in that WWE guys have to pay for practically all of their other expenses themselves, while the NJPW guys do get benefits, which include housing and transportation I think
Ahhh ok. And travel in Japan is less extensive than WWE because the country is smaller. What do the mid/lower card guys get paid though?
Of course, but I not talking about pay.
Yes but you don't work 320 days a year
But to some wrestlers financial success = success in general.
I know I'd probably feel a tad less successful at my job if I was getting paid way less than other people doing the same job.
TarpitCarnivore
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They do, but they also are working far less.
Into the Light
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Omega should have been wrestling AJ this year :'(
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Far less.
People have ludicrious expectations about Japan being wrestling paradise. There's a reason there's a ton of skepticism about NJPW's expansion plans - they already can't sell out their marquee event in Japan and they were struggling mightily only like five years ago.
House show matches involve working for 10 minutes a day doing completely by-the-numbers safe matches.
slightconfuse
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Wrestler's in Japan get their airfare,hotel and trans taken care of.
MVP said on a podcast he was paid 20k to work the. Pre show for a Tokyo dome show
MVP said on a podcast he was paid 20k to work the. Pre show for a Tokyo dome show
Nakamura doesn't even get to wrestle AJ this year.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
People working themselves into a shoot over review scores of games and movies is some real carny shit.